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AutonomyOS is designed to assist automate manufacturing duties. Supply: Omnirobotic
Omnirobotic Inc. immediately stated it has closed on $500,000 in funding. The Laval, Quebec-based firm stated it plans to make use of the financing to commercialize robots utilizing its proprietary AutonomyOS platform for producers scuffling with labor shortages in high-mix manufacturing environments.
“Constructing autonomous machines permits Omnirobotic to deal with the necessity for expert labor at scale,” stated Francois Simard, co-founder and CEO of Omnirobotic, in a launch. “This mannequin has confirmed to be rather more efficient at deploying AutonomyOS at scale.”
“We bought in six months extra machines than forecast for a yr,” he added. “Producers need to purchase confirmed options, not automation tasks. Growing normal machines that they’ll attempt earlier than they purchase proved to be the fitting strategy to getting SMEs to undertake new automation know-how.”
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Omnirobotic provides {hardware}, restructures
Since 2016, Simard and Omnirobotic co-founder Laurier Roy have labored to develop AutonomyOS, a platform to coach robots to carry out manufacturing processes on never-seen-before components. Till 2022, the firm licensed AutonomyOS to customers constructing autonomous machines.
Final yr, Omnirobotic modified its enterprise mannequin to change into a machine builder, promoting robotic tools constructed on AutonomyOS. The corporate restructured to mirror this variation in June.
Investissement Québec, as a consultant of the federal government of Québec, supported Omnirobotic on this transition, restructuring the corporate’s debt, whereas current strategic traders, the administration, and all of the remaining workers injected new liquidities.
In November, Omnirobotic signed a distribution settlement with Würth Baer Provide Co. to commercialize robots for woodworking. Simard famous that Omnirobotic plans to deal with further markets with new merchandise.
“The brand new merchandise developed by Omnirobotic utilizing AutonomyOS are addressing well-identified expert labor scarcity within the trade,” he stated. “We plan to widen our product line within the metallic transformation and composite sectors within the close to future.”
“Our autonomous sanding robots are already disrupting the cupboard manufacturing trade by permitting firms counting as few as six individuals to automate one of many hardest duties of their store efficiently,” stated Simard. “That’s the reason we lately moved to a brand new 6,500 sq.-ft. [603.8-sq.-m] facility that may permit us to construct as much as 180 machines yearly.”
Génik invests to serve world prospects
Strategic traders led Omnirobotic’s spherical, which additionally included participation from Genik and Exelpro administration, in addition to its personal workers. It beforehand raised $5 million in 2020.
Génik is a vertically built-in firm that has designed and manufactured automated techniques for greater than 30 years. The Saint-Jérôme, Québec-based member of the Excelpro Group stated it serves prospects around the globe.
“Genik is serving some firms utilizing autonomy,” said Patrick Gariépy, co-founder and president of Genik Automation. “We see the way forward for automation in this sort of know-how, which is why we determined to re-invest in Omnirobotic.”
“We’re coaching a few of our engineers on utilizing AutonomyOS and are utilizing it to take care of Genik as an automation chief,” he stated.
